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Jan Beta - Amiga 2000 cooling fan | Jan Beta has made a video about the replacement of the cooling fan of the power supply in an Amiga 2000.

Mega65 | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. Most recent updates: Free and Open-Source replacement ROMs for the Commodore C64.

The Guru Meditation - DCTV | In this episode of the Guru Meditation: Bill and Anthony give an in-depth demonstration / review of the Digital Creations DCTV.

RGB64 - C128 | RGB64 makes it possible to use the Commodore C128 RGBI screen for C64 mode text programs and editing in 40 columns. Another bonus is that you can use the 2MHz mode and the extra keys of the C128 keyboard.

HVTC | The HVTC or High Voltage TED Collection is an collection of music for the Commodore C16, 116 and the Plus/4. The files that are available, are the original programs that produce the music with the TED music chip. At the moment there are 657 files available in the database.

AmigaLove - The Amiga Development System | A new article on the Amiga Love web page about the Amiga Development System. Commodore made a special development edition of the Amiga 1000 to send to software and game developers before releasing the Amiga 1000 to the public.

Compute Mit Sonderheft | Rüdiger has completed the Compute Mit Sonderheft SA series, with all the disk compilations. They are now available on Plus/4 World.

VIM - Amiga | VIM is a text editor for the Amiga. The features are: Multi-level undo, search & replace, plugin system and support for many programming languages and file formats.

Artifact Electronics - Commodore C128 repair | Artifact Electronics has made a new Youtube video: This time he repairs a Commodore C128 with a problem with the keyboard.

ZunePaint v0.14 - AROS | ZunePaint is a paint program for AROS. The program is being developed by Yannick Erb.

Scene World Podcast #64 | Scene World Podcast is a podcast about the Commodore scene. In this episode: 8-Bit Symphony, Super Mario Bros 64, SIDFX, FPGASID, ARMSID, FM-YAM, IDE64, C64PSU, Reshoot-R, Nick Vivid and C64Audio.

Mike Battilana Interview | Stephen Jones has had an interview with Mike Battilana from Cloanto. They talked about Gateway, amiga.com, Cloanto, Amiga Inc., AmigaOS and much more.

VirtualC64 v3.3.1 | Dirk Hoffmann has released a new version of his VirtualC64 emulator. This emulator can turn your Mac (OS X) into a Commodore C64. The changes in this version are: Stability improvements and updates for the documentation, XCode 10.2 and Swift 5.0.

Amiga Users Ireland Podcast | Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: Random Backdrops, Amiga AGA 68k, RNORadio, WinUAE 4.2.0, TF360-60, Trevor Dickinson, Lala Prologue, KoBo Deluxe, Athanor 2 - The Legend Of The Birdmen, Hibernated 1: This Place is Death, Little Big Planet, The Age of Heroes, Super Mario Bross, Panzer, Skill Grid, Aliens Neoplasma, Amiga PD, History of Secret colours of the Commodore C64 and LMan.

Amiga Future #138 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Playfield, Franke Wille, RESHOOT R Soundtrack CD, UWOL: Quest For Money, Celtic Heart, The Battle for Wesnoth, Distant Armies, Pipe Rider, Grimps, SnapShoter, AmigaOS 3.1.4 (2), IRIS, XBench, MorphOS Camp, Aminet, Aranet, CD32 Time, Amiga 500 DUO, Trevors Soapbox, Demoszene, Amiga Ireland Meetup und ARexx (1).

C64games.de | The web page c64games.de has had an update. You can now find 6802 games on this web page. The new games are: Behind Closed Doors Seven, Boulder Dash Junior, Boulder Dash Junior 2, Boulder Dash Senior, Bruce Lee - Return of Fury, Cookie, Crusade in Europe, Dark Destroyer 2117, Dark Destroyer 2117 RX, Delta Run RX, Dice8, Digiloi, Genius 2, Genius Enhanced, Harpos Castle and Killer Bees.

Z64K | Z64K is a pixel exact emulation of the Commodore 128, Commodore 64, VIC 20 and Atari 2600 written entirely in Java. The emulators should run on any platform with an updated Java Runtime environment. Recent changes: Improvements for Audio plugin, SID player UI, CIA, serial (JiffyDOS), drive CPU, monitor debugger and interlaced mode.

Flashtro | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro's with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Scoopex - ShufflePuck Cafe, Razor 1911 - Continuum, CDI - Craps Academy, Switch - RA Demo, Flashtro - Celtic Heart, Subway - Xenomorphes, Alpha Flight - Silent Service II, Flashtro - Sardonic, River Raid Reloaded, Valhalla - Subbuteo, Scoopex - Modern Learning, Flashtro - Bridge Strike, Switch - Burntime, Scrooge - Gemz, Supreme - Conflict Europe, Phantasy - Dangan, Random Access - Music Compilation and Supplex - Nicky II.

The House on the Other Side of the Storm - C64 | The House on the Other Side of the Storm is a new text adventure game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by Pablo Martínez Merino and is available in both the original Spanish and the English language.

RetroSpector78 - Commodore PC-1 | RetroSpector78 made a video of a Commodore PC-1. He shows the inside of this PC and also how to replace the power-supply.

Frantic Freddie II - C64 | Frantic Freddie II is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by Oziphantom (code), nm156 (music) and Graham Axten, Hend and nm156 (graphics). The game is an improved version of the original game from the year 1985.

HVSC 4 SD2IEC - #70 update | HVSC 4 SD2IEC is a project to convert the HVSC collection to a SD2IEC device. All files are converted to SID DNP files. You can also use the SD-BOX to listen to the SID music.

KikStartDave+ - C64 | KikStartDave+ is a new course for the game Kikstart II for the Commodore C64. The course is made by davemaster86 with the construction set of Kikstart II.

The Retrogaming Times #20 | The retrogaming Times is a retro computer magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition: Prepare to Qualify, Upcoming Events, More C64! - Game Testing, Game Boy and Super Mario Land's 30th Anniversary, Raiders of the Lost Arcade, Twenty Five Years of Final Fantasy VI, The Controller Chronicles - Sega Saturn, Weekly Retrogaming Trivia Recap and See You Next Game.

Adrian Black - C64 Kernal Switcher (Arduino) | A new video from Adrian Black. This time he installs a Kernal switcher in a Commodore C64. The features are: 4 different KERNAL images, selection with the RESTORE key and a reset function.

Mini Commodore monitor | Chris Mills has built an mini version of a Commodore 1702 monitor for his C64 Mini. He also use the monitor together with a Raspberry-Pi and Combian with the VICE emulator.

Dr.64 - Troubleshooting | A new video from Doktor64. This time he shows how to search for faults in a defective computer. For example by measuring voltages and frequencies.

Jan Beta - Amiga 2000 repair | Jan Beta has made a video about the repair of a Amiga 2000. This time he repaired the damage from a battery leakage and he replaced the electrolytic capacitors.

Let's Invade II - C64 | Let's Invade II is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is developed by Richard Bayliss and it is an action / arcade game. In the game you must fight against 40 waves of alien invaders, using your laser cannon.

DirMaster v3.1.2 | DirMaster is a Windows-based GUI tool useful for the management of emulator formats such as: .d64, .d81, .t64, etc. as well as archival formats such as .arc, .sda, .lnx, etc. New in this version: Improvements for drag/drop, .cvt files, page up/down, hexedit font, BAM view and Explorer preview.

Hoxs64 v1.0.21.0 | David Horrocks released a new version of his Hoxs64 emulator. The latest changes are: Improvements for the ANE opcode (Turrican 3), debugger and disk images (D64).

ADF-Copy/Drive v1.001 | ADF-Copy is a small device with a Teensy 3.2. This device connects to USB and a 3,5 PC floppy drive. This device makes it possible to read and write ADF's from or to a real Amiga diskette. The new features are: Compare, Format / AutoFormat, Diskinfo and Settings.

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